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Great question and thank you for asking. Essentially, the Series X price is $499 in the US. The PS5 is also $499. In Canada, with our dollar being weaker, Xbox priced the Series X at $599, which is actually throwing Canadians a break as 499 USD is $663 CAD, as of today. PlayStation technically gave us a break too at $630 but that's minimal at best, so out of principal I appreciate Xbox just being cool about this. Remember, when the Canadian dollar is at par like it was a few years ago or really low, like it was in the 90s, we don't get paid anymore or less, but items from the States like game consoles, all of a sudden cost more (when the Canadian dollar is higher than the USD, strangely, no one ever lowers their prices on things, but when it goes down like at the beginning of the PS4 gen PlayStation did not hesitate to raise the price of the PS4... weird ).

Also, Game Pass is a huge deal and if you were to tell me that Bethesda RPGs could be included in that too, that only sweetens the deal. Never mind that Bethesda games could and probably will be exclusives after Deathloop and all whatnot get released.

Most PS5 games are also coming to PS4 still, including things like Horizon which feels a long way out. I don't have a 4K TV yet, so a Series S, with my PS4, seems like a good balance.

Something about Sony in recent years, and Jim Ryan especially, just rubs me the wrong way. 

It being cheaper is definitely a good reason. Bethesda games on Gamepass will be a good reason for me once a new one comes out, but I've already played all the existing ones I'm interested in (except Deathloop, which is PS5 timed exclusive).

So I'm coming out the opposite place: get a PS5 now, and get an Xbox later once these new deals start to bear fruit.

I'm definitely not getting anything at launch. Gonna save my money for that Switch Pro in March 2021.